{"id":5897,"date":"2013-01-28T16:43:46","date_gmt":"2013-01-28T21:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/school60\/?p=5897"},"modified":"2013-01-28T16:43:46","modified_gmt":"2013-01-28T21:43:46","slug":"miss-schmidts-class-more-same-or-more-different-and-how-big-is-a-foot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/school60\/2013\/01\/28\/miss-schmidts-class-more-same-or-more-different-and-how-big-is-a-foot\/","title":{"rendered":"Miss Schmidt&#8217;s Class, More Same or More Different, and How Big is a Foot?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We had quite the day today! This morning, the kids were challenged to think deeply about our morning question: Are we more the same or more different? It turns out, our class was split almost 50\/50 on the issue. We talked, debated, and listened to one another&#8217;s opinions regarding the question- a great conversation. Because we were so split on the issue, we decided to email another class to ask their opinion. On the big screen, we constructed an email to a class at Guion Creek Elementary with a familiar face in it- Miss Schmidt. For those of you who were with us last year, Miss Schmidt was our beloved student teacher who was in our room for almost the entire year. We introduced ourselves to her class and asked what their thoughts were on the question. To our delight, Miss Schmidt&#8217;s class responded back to us during the day and had their own question for us too. They said,<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Dear Mrs. Argus\u2019 Class,<\/p>\n<p>We look different, we\u2019re different colors and some of us are girls and some of us are boys.\u00a0 But we\u2019re the same because we\u2019re all human and even though we\u2019re made different we\u2019re still the same.<\/p>\n<p>We go to Guion Creek Elementary School.\u00a0 Do you know about mail?<\/p>\n<p>Love,<\/p>\n<p>Miss Schmidt\u2019s Class&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Their email led us to a conversation about mail and how we could continue to communicate with this class. I am hoping this communication will help fuel our conversations on similarities and differences, community, and respect for humankind. We were able to email them back and told them what we knew about mail. We asked if it would be if we mailed them something too. We are looking forward to an email tomorrow from them!<\/p>\n<p>Today during Math Workshop, we read the classic story, <em>How Big is a Foot?<\/em> about standard and nonstandard measurement. 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